Emax

pcd-60b is your best bet

you dont have to fit a floppy if you dont want you can fit just the cf drive you need to jumper the floppy cable only so that the emu gets the floppy drive return cable signal to say there is a floppy drive present

as you can create a img of 35 banks with the correct os and burn that to a cf card

but  for getting the se disk you will need a floppy drive a hxc is £100+ + postage and customs to your country so your looking at about £20 vat + custom paperwork which is usually about $12

postage your looking at £25 from eroupe

so all in about £150

you can get a pcd-60b for about £100 all in including postage from usa to canada 

which is about $150 so that will be cheaper + you get 35 floppy banks on one cf fast loading about 20 seconds max fast unlike floppy which can take upto 1 minute plus you can scroll through banks in seconds i mean load a bank in 5 secs not a minute every time either floppy or floppy emulator

the hxc just emulates the floppy

so as yours is a hd moel then its best to use a scsi device

20mb miniscibe hd are all failing every model i service that has one is in for service because of it and and when they fail and stop spinning they can cause psu to fail also 

as it creates a short in the dc motor which goes direct to the 12v rail

but as ted said for diagnostic reasons its best to fit a slim floppy as its hard todo the service routines with out it 

and as i said most problems are with the emax drives not being able to read the disks as the same os is put on the cf cards and boots no problem
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: picabostreets@yahoo.ca 
  To: emax@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 7:39 PM
  Subject: [emax] RE: Resurrecting an Emax HD rack - Issues keep mounting


    

  Thanks for the reply Jammie, that makes sense, it's just a matter of perspective now that memory is so cheap.  Just makes it difficult for my unit, which has both HD and floppy issues.  Not sure whether to replace the HD or just get an HxC or slim floppy (given budget issues).  I have been unable to find a replacement HD for an affordable price in my searches, and I would also have to get it formatted with the OS as my FD is unreliable.  I'm looking to buy either one or both of those items if anyone has spare...




  - Ian


  
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